Fields of Blood
The two big international headlines of the moment are the downing of the Malaysian jet over Ukraine and Israel's incursion into Gaza. On the face of it, these two stories don't have much in common, but they are in fact part of the same story. To know Israel it helps to know Ukraine, and to know Ukraine it helps to know Israel. ~This weekend marks the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets re-took the city of Lviv (or Lvov, according to taste) in the western Ukraine, and ended a three-year ... |
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Ave atque valeChemistry Lessons
James Garner was one of those actors who was watchable in almost anything, even commercials. He had great sexual chemistry, which is why his leading ladies loved working with him. For my money, when it comes to Sixties sex comedies, he was better with Doris Day than Rock Hudson was, and not just for the obvious reason. In Move Over, Darling, Doris and Polly Bergen crank it up a tad too much too soon, and it's Garner dialing it back and reeling it in who keeps the picture's contrivances from ... SteynPostsA Se'nnight of Steyn, July 14-19
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Another week of lively letters from SteynOnline readers Mann vs SteynFootball and HockeyThe Corner post that launched a lawsuit... |
Steyn's Song of the WeekCinderella Rockefella
What with all the Jew-hate around on the streets of Europe in recent days, I thought it would be nice to have a big Europop hit from that fleeting cultural moment when the Continentals regarded Israel not merely as a normal sovereign state but in fact a rather cool and enviable one. Half-a-century ago there was a slightly goofy Israeli zeitgeist that made global stars of such unlikely figures as Topol. The great cultural artifact of the era was a nutty novelty song that I last heard in London a couple of years back. Zapping my remote, I came across one of those Channel 4 specials in which various style gurus dote snidely on naff pop culture. In this case, it was the all-time Top Ten duets: there was John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John in Grease, Frank and Nancy doing "Somethin' Stupid", a ton of Peters and Lee – and Esther and Abi Ofarim singing this... Mark at the MoviesFahrenheit 9/11
A decade ago, Fahrenheit 9/11 opened to critical acclaim and fawning profiles of its creator, Michael Moore. Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats organized a special screening at the Capitol, and at the party convention a few weeks later Moore was seated next to Jimmy Carter in the presidential box - a signal honor for someone who on the very day of 9/11 had complained that al-Qaeda had hit Gore-voting states rather than Bush states, as if Mohammed Atta cared one jot about which infidel you ... Defend Free Speech!Year Three Begins
Thank you to many SteynOnline readers around the world who've continued to support my pushback against the climate mullahs by buying our exclusive range of Steyn Vs The Stick trial merchandise, not to mention our new SteynOnline gift certificates and all the other fun stuff - books, CDs, mugs and more - over at the Steyn store. This week my campaign for free speech marked a grim milestone. After denying there was any such thing for its first decade or so, the Big Climate enforcers now concede ... Ave atque valeWhen the Bongos Fall Silent...
On his radio show on Thursday, Hugh Hewitt asked me about the passing of Elaine Stritch. They dimmed the lights on Broadway - even though she wasn't really a star, not in the Ethel Merman/Gwen Verdon/Mary Martin standing-room-only sense. But the years passed and, (to invert Norma Desmond) as Broadway got small, Stritch loomed larger... |
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